doesn’t let herself fall in love with Joshua. In any other world, Leah could have her pick of suitors, she’s just that gorgeous. But in this world, I fear she may have set her eyes on the one boy she won’t be able to have. Unless, of course, some sort of divine intervention separates Caylin and Joshua.
While Mason takes Leah and Remy to the headquarters in Denver, I ask Rafe about meeting his archangel.
“So how did you like Raphael? Was he nice?” I ask.
“ She was very nice,” Rafe says with a smile.
“Oh,” I say smiling back. “I guess that was kind of sexist of me.”
“I have to admit that I liked being with her more than I thought I would. The whole idea of basically having another consciousness inside my mind did worry me a bit, but now that I’ve met her it doesn’t seem so strange. She and I are very similar in regards to personality. Do you and Michael have similar personalities?”
“He’s calmer than me,” I confess. “He grounds my emotions when they need to be.”
“Then maybe you’re each other’s compliments,” Rafe says.
“Maybe.”
After Rafe eats, I walk with him back to his room.
As I’m emerging from Rafe’s room, Aiden exits the room where Zack and Gabe are in, which is right next door.
Aiden looks at me warily like he’s concerned I might bring up his sexual interludes again.
“So Mason tells me you used to suck people’s blood,” I say instead.
Aiden looks startled by my knowledge of this but quickly recovers.
“Yes, the operative words in that sentence are ‘used to’,” he answers.
“Why?”
“Why did I drink blood?”
“Yeah,” I say, crossing my arms in front of me. “Since I learned about that, I’ve been wondering why you would want to do it.”
“Because your blood tastes sweet to us,” Aiden says matter-of-factly. “It’s like happiness bottled up in human form. It makes us feel alive instead of dead inside.”
It was an honest answer, definitely unnerving, but honest nonetheless.
“Do you still crave it as much as you used to? You’ve been off of it for, what, fifteen years now?”
“I crave it more now than I ever have,” Aiden admits. “Once you’ve tasted human blood, the desire to have it again never goes away. It’s like being an addict. My only hope for salvation is that you succeed in sealing the Tear. Once that’s complete, God will take the hunger away and hopefully I can lead something like a normal life.”
“And find someone to settle down with?”
“I’m not sure I’m made for that,” Aiden admits. “I see the way you and Mason are together and I guess if I could find that sort of connection with someone I would risk it, but, I’ve never felt that way with anyone except for my wife.”
“Do you have a kid?”
“No. My wife wasn’t able to conceive a child. I was lucky in that regard, I guess. I didn’t have to watch her die a gruesome death like most of the others, and I didn’t have to raise a child cursed to be a werewolf. But, I had my own sorrow to deal with. I had to watch my wife distance herself from me because of what I became after the curse. She eventually left me, and I entered my own private hell after that. It wasn’t until Lilly came into our lives and gave us a reason to believe again that I began to think I was even worth saving,” Aiden tells me. “I know I shouldn’t have brought those women here while Leah was still in the house, but you need to understand it’s the only way I can keep my sanity for now. So don’t judge me too harshly, Jess. The alternative is much worse.”
Great. Now I feel sorry for the horn dog.
“Well, just keep it in your pants when Leah is around. She doesn’t need you teaching her about the birds and the bees. Kids have to grow up too fast these days as it is. I would like to keep her innocence intact for as long as possible.”
“I can promise you I will keep it in my pants if she is anywhere near by,” Aiden says with a lopsided
While Mason takes Leah and Remy to the headquarters in Denver, I ask Rafe about meeting his archangel.
“So how did you like Raphael? Was he nice?” I ask.
“ She was very nice,” Rafe says with a smile.
“Oh,” I say smiling back. “I guess that was kind of sexist of me.”
“I have to admit that I liked being with her more than I thought I would. The whole idea of basically having another consciousness inside my mind did worry me a bit, but now that I’ve met her it doesn’t seem so strange. She and I are very similar in regards to personality. Do you and Michael have similar personalities?”
“He’s calmer than me,” I confess. “He grounds my emotions when they need to be.”
“Then maybe you’re each other’s compliments,” Rafe says.
“Maybe.”
After Rafe eats, I walk with him back to his room.
As I’m emerging from Rafe’s room, Aiden exits the room where Zack and Gabe are in, which is right next door.
Aiden looks at me warily like he’s concerned I might bring up his sexual interludes again.
“So Mason tells me you used to suck people’s blood,” I say instead.
Aiden looks startled by my knowledge of this but quickly recovers.
“Yes, the operative words in that sentence are ‘used to’,” he answers.
“Why?”
“Why did I drink blood?”
“Yeah,” I say, crossing my arms in front of me. “Since I learned about that, I’ve been wondering why you would want to do it.”
“Because your blood tastes sweet to us,” Aiden says matter-of-factly. “It’s like happiness bottled up in human form. It makes us feel alive instead of dead inside.”
It was an honest answer, definitely unnerving, but honest nonetheless.
“Do you still crave it as much as you used to? You’ve been off of it for, what, fifteen years now?”
“I crave it more now than I ever have,” Aiden admits. “Once you’ve tasted human blood, the desire to have it again never goes away. It’s like being an addict. My only hope for salvation is that you succeed in sealing the Tear. Once that’s complete, God will take the hunger away and hopefully I can lead something like a normal life.”
“And find someone to settle down with?”
“I’m not sure I’m made for that,” Aiden admits. “I see the way you and Mason are together and I guess if I could find that sort of connection with someone I would risk it, but, I’ve never felt that way with anyone except for my wife.”
“Do you have a kid?”
“No. My wife wasn’t able to conceive a child. I was lucky in that regard, I guess. I didn’t have to watch her die a gruesome death like most of the others, and I didn’t have to raise a child cursed to be a werewolf. But, I had my own sorrow to deal with. I had to watch my wife distance herself from me because of what I became after the curse. She eventually left me, and I entered my own private hell after that. It wasn’t until Lilly came into our lives and gave us a reason to believe again that I began to think I was even worth saving,” Aiden tells me. “I know I shouldn’t have brought those women here while Leah was still in the house, but you need to understand it’s the only way I can keep my sanity for now. So don’t judge me too harshly, Jess. The alternative is much worse.”
Great. Now I feel sorry for the horn dog.
“Well, just keep it in your pants when Leah is around. She doesn’t need you teaching her about the birds and the bees. Kids have to grow up too fast these days as it is. I would like to keep her innocence intact for as long as possible.”
“I can promise you I will keep it in my pants if she is anywhere near by,” Aiden says with a lopsided
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